tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25980576.post6219350763046869216..comments2024-03-17T21:47:00.671-10:00Comments on A Catholic Mom in Hawaii: Bernadette and Our Lady of CambraiEC Gefrohhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06821950576683551325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25980576.post-3281840853596181662013-06-25T09:11:12.806-10:002013-06-25T09:11:12.806-10:00Thank you very much for sharing your story! One c...Thank you very much for sharing your story! One can almost feel the love depicted in the icon.EC Gefrohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821950576683551325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25980576.post-47108502913948529822013-06-25T06:57:31.215-10:002013-06-25T06:57:31.215-10:00My husband and I were pilgrims to Lourdes in 2010....My husband and I were pilgrims to Lourdes in 2010. I was unexpectedly attracted to the ultra-modern church of St Bernadette (usually I don't like "concrete-brutale" style). This church has as its centre-piece a huge reproduction of the icon of Our Lady of Cambrai, pleasingly illumined by a natural skylight. <br /><br />Bernadette, displeased by the statue in the grotto as not resembling the apparations, begged that a copy of the Cambrai Icon be displayed at Lourdes; but she did not get her wish until her ultramodern church was built. <br /><br />I was so taken with this icon that I went to the Lourdes bookstore and bought a small booklet on the history of this image, and several fine postcards of the icon which I have shared with others who have been attracted to it. <br /><br />I think Bernadette was taken by the expression of loving concern and serene reassurance that the icon conveys, --rather than any "photographic" likeness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25980576.post-36109488118486614162008-02-13T10:00:00.000-10:002008-02-13T10:00:00.000-10:00I hadn't either Elena.I hadn't either Elena.EC Gefrohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821950576683551325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25980576.post-6138072763213079262008-02-13T05:21:00.000-10:002008-02-13T05:21:00.000-10:00Very interesting! I had never heard this story!Very interesting! I had never heard this story!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.com